ToMCAT Baseline Tasks

Install the necessary packages using pip

pip install -r requirements.txt

or using conda

conda install --file requirements.txt

Start server-side application

The server-side application must run before launching client-side application. Launch the server application with

python3 run_server.py -a <ip-address> -p <port>

where <ip-address> is the local IPv4 address of the host computer, and <port> can be any available port on the host computer. Optionally, -h flag can be included to show the help menu.

IMPORTANT: ensure that both port and port + 1 (e.g., 6060 and 6061) are both available on the computer that hosts the server-side application. The server application uses two channels to communicate with each client.

The -a <ip-address> option can be omitted. The application will use the default IP address specified by DEFAULT_SERVER_ADDR in common/config.py.

Start client-side application

Launch the client-side application after launching the server-side application. Launch the client application with

python3 run_client.py -a <ip-address> -p <port> -n <name>

where <ip-address> is the local IPv4 address of the host computer that runs the server-side application (not to be mistakened for the IPv4 address of the computer that runs the client-side application), and <port> is the port that the server-side application uses on the host computer. Optionally, -h flag can be included to show the help menu.

Similarly, the -a <ip-address> option can be omitted. The application will use the default IP address specified by DEFAULT_SERVER_ADDR in common/config.py.

Note: the same <ip-address> and <port> parameters must be used when launching the server-side application and the client-side application, because they are IPv4 address and ports of the computer that hosts the server-side application.